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tipped-up

tipped-up is the simple past and past participle of tip-up.

Meaning of tip-up

Adjective

tip-up (not comparable)

  1. Designed to tilt to a vertical position when not in use, either manually or of its own accord.
    • [...] there is no permanent division between the guard's section, which contains four tip-up seats, and the main passenger saloon.1961 October, “New Metropolitan Line train sets enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 623

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Questions about tipped-up

What is tipped-up the simple past and past participle of?
Tipped-up is the simple past and past participle of tip-up.

Words near tipped-up in the dictionary

  1. tipped the gaff
  2. tipped the scale
  3. tipped the scales
  4. tipped the wink
  5. tipped up
  6. tipped-up
  7. tippee
  8. tippees
  9. Tippell
  10. tipper
  11. Tipper and See-Saw Time

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